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Mid-March Madness…and you’re ready for the fun. Well good, because we’ve some ideas for you. From the nation’s coolest beer events, to movies, music and cutting edge TV – we’ve got your back big-time. Plus we’ve another weekend beer suggestion for you as well, because we know you’ll be drinking.
Cigar City Presents Hunahpu’s Day (Tampa, FL) – Florida’s biggest beer celebration is taking place this Saturday March 10th when the Hunahpu’s Day festival returns Raymond James Stadium…A festival which began as a small warehouse gathering celebrating the annual release of Cigar City’s beloved Hunahpu’s Imperial Stout has evolved over the years into an enormous beerganza that draws participating brewers and craft beer fanatics from across the globe to Tampa. Know that this event sold out long ago…but there’s always Stub Hub. Good Luck!
On the Big Screen – Maybe it’s because we’re so burned out on all these Marvel superhero flicks that we’ve not made their latest a Weekend Pick. But that ends today because Black Panther is that rare film that remembers to tell a meaningful story and have some fun doing it. Chadwick Boseman stars as T’Challa, (the Black Panther) who rises to the throne in an isolated, technologically advanced African nation, but is challenged by an outsider with a vengeful secret.
Split Your Skull This Weekend (Brooklyn, NY) – The 19th Annual Split Thy Brooklyn Skull Barleywine Festival will return to Mugs Ale House in Brooklyn, New York this weekend…And who doesn’t want to get truly barleywined and dined? Split Thy Skull XIX is two days (March 10th-11th) of the region’s most innovative Barleywines with separate list of beers each day…So plan on having you skull divided both Saturday and Sunday!
THE ACB WEEKEND BEER PICK
In remembrance of Lagunitas’ famous 2005 drug bust we’ll be drinking the beer they brew every year to commemorate the 20-day suspension that followed. An ‘especially bitter’ ale Lagunitas Undercover Investigation Shut-Down Ale is a 9.6% ABV hybrid (Imperial Mild?…Uber ESB?) that’s malty and rich with a snappy hop finish.
